Avilos said:
It would not surprise me. I bought both Of the Dark Horse omnibuses and was not that impressed. I have yet to read all the way through either. From descriptions the Marvel comics captured the pulpy, adventure fell of the movies better. I really enjoyed Marvel's Star Wars comics for the same reason. Which seemed more aware of the styles of Lucas' original influences than later comics.
Absolutely! While I do enjoy the Dark Horse run, the Marvel series has so many great characters, situations and cliff-hangers.
Volume 1 & 2 will contain the best stories. Another thing that I love about "Further Adventures" is the nostalgia they evoke.
Reading them takes me back to the years before "Doom" came out when all that an Indy fan had was the memory of the movie,
one novelization, one script, one soundtrack...and the comics. That was it! From the fledgling days of Indy fandom, this is the
very birth of the dreaded,
Expanded Universe!
By the way, where have you been, Avilos? Good to see you posting again.
Moedred said:
Last Crusade was 4 issues, so it looks like a total 44 issues split 3 ways, hopefully.
Fantastic news! Can they improve upon the old method of coloring, like they did on the cover?
They certainly can. Here's an example of something I did in the same vein (and more). Post #46:
Young Telegraph - "Young Indiana Jones and the Mountains of Superstition"
In all honesty, I'm not impressed by the colours on the Vol. #1 cover at all. The tree trunks and sky are almost
the same shade of blue while the original issue #7 has the trees with darker purple/grey tone. Plus, Marion's outfit
is much too yellow when it should be orange instead. More contrast, more depth is needed. This update is too
bright and flat. (Sorry, Dark Horse! Love you guys but if you want some help, seriously, let me know!
)
However, I do realize that the colours could be off due to the scan or the colour profile of the image itself so I'll
wait for the printed cover before making a final judgement. The colouring in the Dark Horse Omnibuses is pretty
consistent to the originals so my hopes are not entirely dashed. (Although, the DH series had good paper stock.)
Violet Indy said:
Your Marion medicine is on it's way, Violet.
They picked one of my fave issues for the cover, "Africa Screams"
(which is an Abbott & Costello flick).
HellofaSandwich said:
Awesome!! I own most of the Marvel comics, but it'll be nice to finally get to read the series remastered without dealing with the old comic smell/faded colors.
I have them all and agree with you on the smell. Complete turn-off but because these were on newsprint,
the whites were never really
white. This gave an earthy tone which, I'm afraid, might change in the redo.
Regardless, I will buy the new Marvel volumes even though I cherish my oldies. Times are good for Indy fans!